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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-06 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: MIME-tools: Virus detection evasion |
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Date: November 02, 2004 |
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Bugs: #69181 |
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ID: 200411-06 |
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Synopsis |
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MIME-tools doesn't handle empty MIME boundaries correctly. This may |
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prevent some virus-scanning programs which use MIME-tools from |
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detecting certain viruses. |
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Background |
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MIME-tools is a Perl module containing functions to handle MIME |
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attachments. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-perl/MIME-tools < 5.415 >= 5.415 |
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Description |
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MIME-tools doesn't correctly parse attachment boundaries with an empty |
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name (boundary=""). |
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Impact |
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An attacker could send a carefully crafted email and evade detection on |
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some email virus-scanning programs using MIME-tools for attachment |
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decoding. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All MIME-tools users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/MIME-tools-5.415" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] MIMEDefang announcement |
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http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/mimedefang/2004-October/024959.html |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-06.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |